When it comes to camouflage, ground-nesting Japanese quail are experts. That's based on new evidence that mother quail "know" the patterning of their own eggs and choose laying spots to hide them best ...

Researchers are studying quail to understand the underlying mechanisms involved in their breeding behaviors. Japanese researchers are studying quail to understand the underlying mechanisms involved in ...

The Japanese quail has an interesting mating strategy: the females prefer to mate with the losers of fights. Or do they? A new scientific paper on the topic makes me want to set up a quail fighting ...

Female Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) lay their eggs on the ground where they can make tempting meals for rodents, snakes, and deer. But as new research published in the journal Current Biology ...

Habitat: Whipping up a storm from Mongolia to India, pecking in urban farmers’ backyards, floating about in outer space Electric whisks, step aside. Male Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) can ...

image: When it comes to camouflage, ground-nesting Japanese quail are experts. That’s based on new evidence published online on Jan. 17 in Current Biology that mother quail "know" the patterning of ...